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Translucent glass brick made of opal glass with light diffusible crystal particles
Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co Ltd
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Filing: 1988-06-14
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Granted: 1989-12-19
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Expires: 2008-06-14
Abstract
Abstract A translucent glass brick for use in a building wall as a lighting wall is made of a translucent opal glass in a form of a hollow glass block. The opal glass has an opal appearance and a mean light transmittance of 20-80%, in a glass thickness of 10 mm, for wavelength over a range of 400-700 nm. The opal glass is a lime and chlorine free glass with sodium sulfate and sodium sulfide fine particles dispersed therein for diffusing light transmitting through the glass. The opal glass essentially consists, by weight, of SiO 2 60.0-70.0%, Al 2 O 3 7.0-11.0%, B 2 O 3 1.0-5.0%, BaO 0-3.0%, ZnO 1.0-5.0%, Na 2 O 15.0-21.0%, SO 3 0.3-1.0%, and F 2 0-2.0%.
Inventors
- 👤 Kosaburo Saji
- 👤 Shigeru Yamamoto
- 👤 Katsuhiko Imai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 16:16
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04C; E04C1/00; E04C1/42; C; C03; C03B; C03B23/00; C03B23/20; C03B23/24; C03C; C03C3/00; C03C3/04; C03C3/076; C03C3/089; C03C3/091; C03C3/093; C03C3/11; C03C3/112; C03C3/115; C03C3/118; C03C4/00; C03C4/005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A translucent glass brick for use in a building wall, said translucent glass brick being a hollow body of glass, the improvement wherein said glass is an opal glass which comprises light transparent glass matrix and fine particles dispersed in said matrix for diffusing light transmitting through said glass, said glass having an opal appearance and a mean light transmittance of 20-80%, in a glass thickness of 10 mm, for wavelength over a range of 400-700 nm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
A translucent glass brick for use in a building wall, said translucent glass brick being a hollow body of glass, the improvement wherein said glass is an opal glass which comprises light transparent glass matrix and fine particles dispersed in said matrix for diffusing light transmitting through said glass, said glass having an opal appearance and a mean light transmittance of 20-80%, in a glass thickness of 10 mm, for wavelength over a range of 400-700 nm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A translucent glass brick as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mean light transmittance of said opal glass is 30-80%.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
A translucent glass brick as claimed in claim 1, wherein said opal glass is a lime and chlorine free glass with sodium sulfate and sodium sulfide as said fine particles.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
A translucent glass brick as claimed in claim 3, wherein said glass essentially consists, by weight, of SiO 2 60.0-70.0%, Al 2 O 3 7.0-11.0%, B 2 O 3 1.0-5.0%, BaO 0-3.0%, ZnO 1.0-5.0%, Na 2 O 15.0-21.0%, SO 3 0.3-1.0%, and F 2 0-2.0%.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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